My notes disappear from tasks with "repeat after" upon one completion

jimstehle says:

When I set up a task to repeat, I usually use "repeat after" because if I missed the target I still want to reset the clock when I do it and I don't want to have incomplete tasks stacking up -- for instance, if I miss days on repeat daily. I also often attach notes to the tasks to remind me exactly what I want to do. I keep finding that when I complete a task, the next time it is due, my note disappears. It freaked me out a little because I really packed some info into those notes. I was relieved to find the note in the completed instance of the task and uncompleted it. This is kind of tedious. I want the notes to persist and can't see any advantage to the current practice.

Posted at 8:21pm on December 19, 2012

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

Hi jimstehle,Tasks that repeat "after" do not keep copies of the notes across instances; each time you complete a task, a new instance is generated.

You may be able to get the results you want by changing the repeat to "every"; the task will continue repeating based on the due date, but you will get your notes across the tasks as well.

Hope that helps!

Posted 2 years ago

jimstehle says:

The problem with repeat every is that if I am late I want the new date to be a fixed period later. If I miss a couple reminders I don't want them to still be be incomplete after I finally complete the task.

If this is a feature, what is the benefit eliminating the note on the repeat after?

Posted 2 years ago

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

Hi jimstehle,Thanks for your feedback. I'll make sure the development team gets it for review.